A7V and Win2K blues!

Zerohm

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Several tech sites (including Anandtech) suggested the asus A7V for dream gaming system, and it would be, if it were fully compatable with WIN2K. The original bios won't recognize the secondary IDE, but the new bios that will is completely unstable! Windows is fine but Quake3 and UnReal eventually lock everything up.
Has anyone out there found how to fix this? Is anyone not having this problem?

How can I get ATA100 HD, CDROM, and CD Burner all working at full speed without using the secondary IDE? OR is there a way to get the new bios to be stable.
There's a tutorial on AMDZone about this but it just says the new bios is unstable. thanks

-Zerohm

 

Zerohm

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I ran the VIA 4 in 1 fix. Does that cover the AGP fix? Will doing a soft reinstall of win2k make me lose all of my patches and fixes? I never reistalled windows after flashing bios, I should probably do that right?

Anyone know of any conflicts with hardware below?
Athlon 800
Asus A7V
128 2.2.2 Mushkin PC133
Visiontek GF 2 GTS 32
SB Live Value
10/100 Network
 

Lunchboxah

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"I never reistalled windows after flashing bios, I should probably do that right?"

not necessary